Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-09
ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.

Henry B. Chamberlain Listens to the
 story of Cora Hell. she Girl Who Be
 trayed Him She Almost Paints
 While Telling Her StorY-The Testi-
 mony Given by the New York Detec-
 tives-Dr. White Tells How Mrs.
 Ernst Met Her Death-Judge Stod-
 dard Rules the ConfessIOns in Spite
 of strong Opposition by Chamber
 laia's Attorney.
 The trial of Henry B. Chamberlain for the murder of Margaret Ernst on May 10 last was resumed before crowded court room in the criminal side of the Superior court yes terday morning. .....-.
 Cora Bell, the New York girl who be- trayed Chamberlain, was the first witness. She came into the court room accompanied by State Attorney Doolittle. She was plain ly attired and for time was the center of attraction. She betrayed much nervousness while testifying and came near fainting once or twice. She kept her eyes off Chamberlain. The prisoner watched her with hard fixed look She testified in low tone somewhat az follows: I live in New York; was born and brought up there. have known Cham berlain as Harry Clark for year next month. I lived at 113 McDougal street. He came to my house and stopped two days; he said that there was an old lady in Connecticut where he could get $4, ,000; he said he was coming back to New Haven to get the money: I advised him not to. but to go to work. On May 10 he and Taylor came to my house; Tuesday evening he came to my house and asked him if he had been to New Haven; he said yes and laughed; he pulled out some money and gave me $5. was reading the paper about the Ernst murder when he came in, and asked him if he had done it and he said yes. He was intoxicated at the time and wanted whisky, but got him to take some lemonade. He asked me to go to the corner of West Tenth street; he also said if anyone should come to arrest him he'd blow his brains out.
 He called on me on the 2d of May and I gave him some clean clothing. The hand kerchief on the table I recognize by it's peculiar border.
 The witness told of her relations with Chamberlain, and explained that he was in the habit of giving her money, and she did not think it peculiar that he should give her the five dollar bill. She had been intimate with the accused since last December.
 I told the detective about Chamberlain's visit to New Haven, she continued. The de- tectlve's name thought was Grover. I did not know that Chamberlain was arrested until May 12. Lottie Foley and myself had just had our tea when Chamberlain came in at about o'clock in the evening of May 10. I never saw him so drunk before, and I sat him down in the rocking chair. He staid until about 9 o'clock. The conversation had with him took place before I got him the seltzer lemonade. At 11:15 Cora finished her testimony and retired from the room in tears.
 MiIkmap Smith, who discovered the body, was the second witness called. He rehearsed the story of the finding of the body already printed.
 IT 4IoG oo11 1a1 hxyf ft1o milkman after the discovery of the body .tes- tifed that he went down and found the body bound and gagged. Witness felt of her hand and finding it was cold decided she was dead. Nothing important was brought out on the cross-examination.
 Dr. Moses c. White, the medical examiner, was the next to testify. He said that when he arrived in the house the body was lying on it's back.
 Her feet were tied with a handkerchief. Around her neck was another handkerchief, on her chin another and about her cheek still another. Her head was bent over forcibly to the left the nose was twisted to one side; the left portion of the chest had a reddish color and red dots; the bladder was empty; intestines in good condition; the liver was congested and upper part of the stomach; the heart was in good condition except on the upper outside point, where there were red dots; the body was in healthy condition and there was a good deal of blood and bright blood in it. These symptoms, if they indicate anything, indicated suffocation and the reddish spots in the absence of other signs indicated the same thing. The fluid blood showed that death was sudden; there was not so much blood in the body as if death was caused by chloroform. The witness said he found no indication of chloroform and detected no odor of it on the body or the handkerchief. If chloroform xyau # hava hnnn niafa without sufficient air; when he saw the body life had been extinct from five to seven hours; when witness first saw the body of Mrs. Ernst it was lying on it's back on the lounge in the barroom attired in the ordinary dress with one shoe on and one shoe off; sheet was lying loosely over her face and wound around her neck; her feet were tied with a handkerchief; the hands were folded over and tied with white handkerchief with a colored border; found a handkerchief tied around her neck loosely as if it had slipped down from her chin while another was wound around her cheek; her nose aad jaw were twisted to the left.
 An hours recess was taken, after which the New York detectives testified in the case. Detective Frank Mangen, Inspector Byrnes' right hand man who arrested Chamberlain, described the arrest He was accompanied by Detective Sergeants Cosgrove and Mo Guire. Chamberlain was taken before h. Sp0CtOE yIu0SJ WAO ducSI1OuCo AAL14 dS lO HE on the night of May 9.
 The detective went on to say: do not remember that Chamberlain was told he might as we'll own up for Taylor had. I do remember the inspector showing paper to Taylor, but do not recall any statement that it was confession of Taylor. The inspector accused Chamberlain of being in New Haven the night of the murder, while the latter was denying it.
 The paper was read to Chamberlain by Inspector Byrnes, who asked Chamberlain to sign it. Up to that time Chamberlain had denied being in New Haven and all knowl- edge of the murder. This happened at the central office while Taylor and Chamberlain were both under arrest, in the presence of three other detectives, besides the prisoners, the witness and Inspector Byrnes.
 The written confession was produced and the detective told how in his presence Cham berlain signed it of his own free will.
 Detective Wm. F. Cosgrove and Sergeant corroborated the testimony given by Mangen.
 In the course of his remarks MT. Blyden- burgh said that if admissions were made by Chamberlain the defense would claim that they were made involuntarilY. Without argument the confession was admitted in ev dence.
 Detective Samuel G. Sheldon also testified IS to the interview between Byrnes and Detective Sergeant James Mcclure also gave similar evidence.
 The court adjourned to Tuesday next at 10 l.m. The State has only two more witnesses Q put on the stand.
 Personal.
 Dr. c. B. Adams has returned from Sara oga.
 MT. J. D. Welch has gone to his Short Beach cottage.
 Prof. H. N. Day has gone to the Hillhurst Hotel, Norfolk, Ct.
 Coroner Eli Mix and family have gone to Sayin Rock to board for the summer.
 Mrs. W.O. Wallace will spend the summer t the Highland House, Bethlehem, N. H.
 Mrs. Wm. Fitch will spend part of the | ummer at Mizzen Top Hotel, Pawling, N. Y.
 Deputy Coroner 0. W. Willett has gone l n sea voyage to Florida for few weeks. !
 Mrs. w. J. Trowbridge, of Church street, ,oes to the Fort Griswold House, New Lon | lon.
 A. c. Wilcox, the dry goods merchant, las got into his summer residence at East |